subject: Online Games Different Types Of Gaming Media [print this page] online games have these days become more popular and innovative since the time they were conceptualized. Hundreds and thousands of people across the globe play online games and compete with each other while making it a community game. With the ever increasing popularity of online gaming, there are countless web portals fighting hard to offer their gaming services to different people spanning all age groups and all communities at the same time.
There are over hundred types of online games available on the internet to choose from with high quality graphics and sound system. With so much of choice available, there are some games which suit a smaller number of people where as there are some games which attract a larger group of people. Similarly, the hardware segment has also developed in such an extent that people have got a choice of playing their online game on a computer as well as game consoles, designed especially for gaming purpose. Game consoles are portable machines, much like video games of earlier era with a capability of great graphics with 3D support and connectivity to the gaming network to play with other people on the network.
Some popular gaming consoles are Xbox and PlayStation. They are portable and come at a relatively cheap price compared to computers, which are large in size and cost almost two times of the game consoles. The other important factor is the ease of use. One can play online games using console at any place, sofa, chair, in the garden, on the roof top, in the car, bus, train anywhere but this is not always possible with computers.
The use of game consoles for playing online games is common and convenient but PCs are still a preferred device due to their multiple functions and huge accessibility features. Almost all the games available on the internet can be played using computers but consoles lack in interconnectivity. This means different brands of game consoles have their own gaming network and user of one brand can not play online with the user of another brand. Computers have no such problems and they still dominate the segment of online gaming.
